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![Smithsonian: On the Road to Tomorrow](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/e62495cd-3736-48c9-84d0-6254c576a70b/29533861946_c597d7b2f1_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=548%2C0%2C2203%2C2203&w=290)
David Skorton became the 13th secretary of the Smithsonian Institution on July 1, 2015. A board-certified cardiologist who previously served as president of Cornell University, Skorton entered the institution at a time of transition and renovation, with new museums like the National Museum of African American History and Culture slated to open soon and major overhauls on o...
![Wicked Problem: What Should We Know and Who Decides?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/fd263779-29e0-4ae7-a15a-3f375c2845e4/53001886049_f0a9bda0eb_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1376%2C0%2C5504%2C5504&w=290)
In this new Aspen Ideas format, all attendees gather each morning to kick off the day by exploring a current issue of deep complexity. Debates over the content of our historical narrative and cultural values have Americans of differing ideologies engaged in heated battle, with educators and students caught in between. Meanwhile, have we failed to meaningfully educate o...